Drone
An AI-powered FPV (first-person view) drone where we design every board ourselves. We've built drones from off-the-shelf parts before; this time it starts with our own flight controller, and our own ESC is next.
About the project
We've built drones before, but from off-the-shelf parts: a ready-made flight controller, ESCs, camera and video transmitter. This project is different. We're designing an AI-powered FPV (first-person view) drone from scratch, and every board in it will be one we designed.
We started with the flight controller, since every other part of the drone feeds into it or takes orders from it. Next we are designing our own ESC to drive the motors, then adding FPV and a ground station.
This page follows the build as it goes. We will add each stage here as it happens.
Where it's up to
The story so far
Flight controller (done)
Designing our own flight controller.
ESC (to come)
Designing our own ESC (electronic speed controller) board to drive the motors.
FPV (to come)
Adding the camera and video link for first-person-view flying.
Ground station (to come)
A video receiver, screen and telemetry in one case for flying FPV and keeping an eye on the drone.
AI (to come)
Adding on-board AI to the drone.
First flight (to come)
Putting it all together and getting it in the air.
Questions about this build?
We're happy to talk about how it's going, what we've learned, or a build of your own.
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